Unless you’re a big train buff, taking public transport while travelling is a means to an end, rather than an actual stop on your itinerary. Subways, buses and trams are hardly exciting, but there is ...
Before the Great Earthquake of 1906, there were more than 600 cable cars in San Francisco. By 1912, there were less than 100. Today, there are 44. Every few years, a cable car must be replaced—a ...